A doting dad won the hearts of thousands when he asked his daughter what ‘lady’ was bothering her after she told him she had to leave work because of ‘lady issues.’
Kiera Platt, 25, from Long Beach, New York, took to Twitter over the weekend to share a screenshot of her father Mitch’s text messages to her, explaining: ‘I told my dad I went home early from work because of “lady issues.”‘
‘Aww s**t. Which lady bothered you enough to go home??’ her dad responded. ‘U want me to speak to that b***h!?’
Hilarious: Kiera Platt, 25, from Long Beach, New York, took to Twitter over the weekend to share a screenshot of her father Mitch’s response to her leaving work over ‘lady issues’
Defense: Mitch immediately leapt to his daughter’s aid after receiving her text
Too funny: Twitter users thought it was hilarious that Mitch didn’t realize Kiera was talking about leaving work because of her period
Kiera’s hilarious post has been ‘liked’ more than 67,000 times and retweeted nearly 20,000 times.
Many couldn’t resist praising Mitch for being so ‘pure’ that he didn’t realize his daughter was talking about her period.
‘He bout to square up to Mother Nature,’ a woman named Frances commented, while Grace Lapointe tweeted that Kiera should tell him that the woman’s ‘name is ‘Aunt Flo.”‘
Someone named Benny tweeted: ‘Your dad seems to pure for this planet,’ and many agreed with him.
Making her laugh: Kiera (L) said her father Mitch (R) always has the best ‘dad jokes’
Capturing hearts: Many people couldn’t resist praising Mitch for being so ‘pure’
Question: Others wondered if he was being serious or pulling off ‘one of the greatest dad joke of all time’
Meanwhile, Michael Mumisa pointed out that Kiera’s dad is a ‘literalist,’ adding: ‘Dads tend to be literalists when listening to their children and yet they resort to metaphors and allegories when conveying their own messages to children.’
Although many people assumed Mitch was being serious with his response, others wondered if it was just a dad joke.
‘Is he being serious or is this one of the greatest dad jokes of all time? I can’t tell,’ someone named Jake asked.
It turns out Mitch was joking and just trying to make Kiera laugh, which he did.
Dad for the win: It turns out that Mitch was just trying to make Kiera laugh, which he did
Daddy’s girl: Kiera frequently takes screengrabs of her father’s comical messages to share on Twitter
Sense of humor: In December, her dad texted her: ‘There are time when I feel so close to you I feel like you could be my daughter!’
‘He’s the master of ‘dad jokes,'” Kiera told BuzzFeed News. ‘He’s never failed at being awkwardly funny.
‘When I was a teenager I used to feel embarrassed by it but now I embrace it. I couldn’t imagine his sense of humor being any other way.’
Mitch’s latest joke isn’t the only one that Kiera has posted on Twitter. She frequently takes screengrabs of her father’s messages to share online.
‘Mitch part 3485937,’ she captioned one of Mitch’s messages, which read: ‘Good Morning!! Looks like a nice day! See you around 11:45. F**k you.’
In December, her dad texted her: ‘There are time when I feel so close to you I feel like you could be my daughter!’